Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following Passion Play (2010) and Queen’s Hunt (2012).
 Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
 The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Readers will be on the edge of the seats with every machination and twist, delighted as characters who were introduced in passing suddenly have their places and purposes revealed.”

Horror novel about the problem of disposing of corpses following the zombie apocalypose.
 ChiZine’s site has this description.
 Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
 The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Uninhibited by any sort of logic or realism, Burgess is free to revel in torture and execution, dismemberment and nihilism, crafting a self-slain world where the worst prosper and would-be altruists are harshly punished. The author shows considerable talent at this questionable pursuit, offering the world a memorably repellent, absurdist vision of a dying planet.”

SF thriller, sequel to The Lives of Tao (May 2013), about two warring alien races whose battle may destroy the human race.
 Angry Robot’s site has this description
 The author’s page for the book links numerous reviews.
 Chu has a Big Idea post on John Scalzi’s blog today.

Military SF novel, second in a series following Bloodstar (2012), about elite military units who infiltrate alien worlds prior to human invasion.
 HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.

Fantasy novel, sequel to the author’s first novel Three Parts Dead (2012), about a magical Craftswoman in the city of Alt Coulumb.
 Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
 Publishers Weekly gives this, as it did the first book, a starred review: “Gladstone outdoes himself in this exciting and imaginative return to the brilliantly realized world of Three Parts Dead.”
 Adrienne Martini reviewed the book in the August issue of Locus Magazine: “The plot trucks along smoothly and is never held back by a need to explain too much. A careful reader gets enough clues about how the world works to not worry overmuch about it. For those who can hand Gladwell the reins, a rich, compelling ride is in store.”

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Mage’s Blood, about war between two continents.
 Quercus’ site has this description.
 A hardcover edition is due November 15.
 Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

Guide to the characters of the author’s Sookie Stackhouse series, arranged alphabetically, expaining what happened to each following the last novel, Dead Ever After. With illustrations by Lisa Desimini.
 Penguin’s site has this description.

Urban fantasy novel, sixth in a series following Black Wings (2010), Black Night (2011), Black Howl (March 2012), Black Lament (Nov. 2012), and Black City (2013), about a Chicago woman who escorts souls to the afterlife.
 Penguin’s site has this description.

Steampunk novel set in Victorian London about Evelina Cooper, the niece of Sherlock Holmes, second in a series following A Study in Silks (Sept 2013).
 A third novel is due in January 2014.
 Random House’s site has this synopsis with a preview function.

Anthology of 15 original stories, subtitled “Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome”, based on tales by the Brothers Grimm.
 Authors include Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Crowther, and Ramsey Campbell.
 Quercus’ site has this description. A hardcover edition is also avaiable.
 Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews, including the table of contents.

Dark fantasy novel about a 16-year-old girl who, following the death of her father, discovers a record store that offers a portal to the dead.
 HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
 The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Kadrey hits some extremely familiar beats, but he does it with an easy grace. Nothing about this book is unexpected or surprising, but perhaps it doesn’t need to be. This bittersweet and elegiac fantasy will appeal to both fantasy fans and mainstream readers.”

Military SF novel, ninth in the series following The Clone Republic, Rogue Clone (both 2006), The Clone Alliance (2007), The Clone Elite (2008), The Clone Betrayal (2009), The Clone Empire (2010), The Clone Redemption (2011), and The Clone Sedition (2012) set in a 26th century galaxy ruled by an Earth-based military of clones.
 Penguin’s site has this description.

Alternate history fantasy novel, third in a series following The Alchemist of Souls (Apr 2012) and The Merchant of Dreams (Dec. 2012), about European explorers who have brought skraylings back from the New World.
 Angry Robot’s site has this description.

SF thriller, the author’s first novel and first of a trilogy, about a physicist hired to sabotage the CERN Large Hadron Collider because its discoveries could bring about disaster.
 Solaris’ site has this description.
 The author’s site includes background and a blog.

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, set in 1926 London about a ghost hunter who specializes in debunking reports of haunted houses.
 Quercus’ site has this description.
 Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
 The author’s page for the book includes a gallery, an interview, and links to reviews.

Alternate history novel that follows two agents for a secret British agency called the Retirement Service through several wars as their own special talents are pitted against the heroes of other nations.
 Hodder’s site has this description.
 Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
 Tor.com has a review by Niall Alexander, calling it Tidhar’s “indescribably demanding if accordingly rewarding new novel”, and concluding, “At the last, Lavie Tidhar’s latest is at once a love story, a tragedy, a spy novel, a memoir of a friendship, an exposé of the horrors of war, and a very serious study of the superhero: the origins of the concept as well as its relative relevance. The Violent Century is a difficult text, yes, but one that gives as good as it gets.”

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